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Seniors Earn Scholarships

Press release:  Olympia Athlete’s Earn Gymnastic Scholarships

      Olympia Gymnastic Academy is home to Seniors, Brittany Petzold, & Lauren Bledsoe from Shelby Michigan. Coached by Lori Koch and Deanna Sigler, Petzold and Bledsoe train 20-25 hours a week, and attend Eisenhower High school. This past Tuesday, November 18 th, Petzold and Bledsoe signed full ride gymnastic scholarship letters of intent, in the midst of their piers and coaches her at Olympia Gymnastics Academy in Shelby Township.  The girls have participated in gymnastics from a very young age and had dreams of attending a University, not only for academics but also as college gymnast. Both Petzold and Bledsoe have received numerous awards, and have participated in competitions through out the state of Michigan, as well as regionally and nationally. Excited to receive full ride gymnastic scholarships, Brittany Petzold will be signing with Central Michigan University, and Lauren Bledsoe will be signing with Western Michigan University. We are very proud of these two athlete’s and look forward to our 2010 meet season, as they both compete as   level 10 gymnasts. A more extensive article was featured in The Macomb Daily. If you would like more information about this story, or are interested in visiting our facility for an interview or photographer, please call, Lynda Rourke @ (586)803-1333 or email: Coachlala@comcast.net

Shermetaro selected to National Training Camp & Earns spot on The Region 5 All star Team

Olympia’s Elite gymnast, Alyssa Shermetaro has had an outstanding year! After competing with precision and grace, at the Cover Girl and U.S. Visa National Championships this past summer, Shermetaro’s hard work & dedication has proven to pay off. Alyssa was selected by the U.S.A. National Staff to attend a training camp at The National Training Center in Houston, Texas, September 9 - 12. 

After an action packed season of competition, Alyssa, has earned a spot on the Region 5 All Star Team as well. As a member of the All Star team, the athletes and coaches take part in an International assignment - courtesy of the Region 5 Apparel fund. This year the All Star team will travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia by the way of Venice, Italy. The trip will take place September 21 - 28, and will include a training camp, coaching clinics, along with cultural exchange and more! Alyssa, is among 12 gymnasts chosen to take part in such a prestigious event.Team Olympia is very proud of Alyssa and looks forward to hearing about her experiences at the National Training Center, as well as her global excursion - across the world! 

 

 

 


Team Pictures ran very smooth. Thank you to everyone for being here on time and ready to go!

On December 10th, Olympia hosted another Fun Meet for the Level 1-3s and preteam boys.  The kids were great! 
Happy Holidays to everyone.

The Level 7-10s travelled to Grand Rapids Decmber 2-4 for the Gymnastics on the Grand Met.  Team Olympia was very successful.  The level 7s took 1st Place; the Level 8s were 3rd Place; the Level 9s & 10s both placed 2nd!  Eleven of our athletes participated in the event finals as well.  This is a great way to start off the season.  Congratulations to everyone!!

On November 10th, Team Olympia gymnasts, Megan Bastuba, Kirsten Petzold, Tayor Penzien and Kayla Weber, all signed their letters of intent to their respective Universities.  All of their hard work has definitely paid off!

The Level 6 team placed second at the early season state meet held here at Olympia November 20th.  Way to go ladies!

 Not to be outdone, our Level 5 gymnasts won the early season state meet!  A big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to each one of them.

 The "Power of 10" State Meet that Olympia hosted raised $2,500 for both charities: Lupus Alliance of America and Give Kids the World.  The upper level athletes worked very hard to make this meet such a success.  Good Job!

Team Olympia was featured in the latest issue of USA Gymnastics magazine with a great picture of our handstands out at Westview Orchard for the Handstand World Record.  Check it out!!